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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28
A Bismarck Argument.
pakota settIer. tnIsmarok. /,


Admission rs a whole, in the near fu-
tnre means capital at Aberdeen, Hu-
ron, OF Pierre. Division and admission
means the rapid settlement of North
Dakota and the capital at Bismarck.
A little longer auarreling the dues-
tion means postponement, till in two or
three years Of railroads and settlement
North Dakota can retain the capital at
Bissnarck whether South Dakota is at
tached to ms or not. In the interest OF
all Dakota and Bismarck as well, the
Settler favors the golden mean Of divis-
ion and admission and can see neither
right nor advantage in the dog-in-the-
manger policy of postponement.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28
Communication.

EDITOR LEADER:--Y Your correspond
enU nermIC addresses "a rev queries 10
the district attorney, as to the owner
ship of physicians prescription de-
livered to q patient, and by him to the
druggist, and by the druggist duly filled
and filed, according to the custom or
common law Of the craft. Hermit
seems to labor under a very common
delusion, that district attorneys legal
opinion is common property, to be
called for by any one to be spread before
the public in advance of judicial decis-
ions. Whereas he is confidential Of
ficer Of the courts in which he minis
ters and it is entirely foreign TO his du.
ty to 90 about distributing, judicial
opinions, like a colporteur distributing
tracts Yet it is "A question proper to
ask professionally OF lawyer, and one
he may answer with or without com
pensation as he chooses. So having no
official position, l will venture TO give a
gratuitous public answer.
1t is the dcctorS, till delivered to the
druggist. the patient being simply the
bearer, or i'll legal parlance, the bailee.
The doctor having this right Of owner
ship; that if he suspects he has made a
mistake or been deceived by the pa
tient or applicant, he may recall 1t or
warn the druggist not To fill 1t. The
druggist having received 1t, fills it, and
for his own protection, numbers, files
and records it, as every prescriptionist
assumes great legal responsibilities. He
is thencelorth sole owner. lie also as
sumes moral responsibility, as custo-
dian of the physicians confidence. and
as such he may not exhibit IL to others,
in or out of the profession; for a physi-
clans prescriptions are part Of his pro-
fessional capital. BY permitting access
to them great mischief may be, and of
ten has been done by unprincipled RI
yals. / once knew doctor who slyly
added associate of lead to the anodyne
powders prescribed by rival physi-
clan. 1t nearly cost the life of the pa
tient, and quite the reputation OF the
meddlesome doctor. The practice OF
using technical or cabalistlc terms in
stead Of plain English grew out of this
confidential relation. No honorable
practitioner will seek to prv into - =. :
conhdentia., relation between q rival
/ and his druggist. If prescriptions are
wanted in evidence in CAGES OF nal
practice, suspected poisoning or other
breaches OF law, there is a legal process
by which the druggist may be brought,
with the prescription, before a court or
grand jury. without it, it should re-
main sacred trust. The payment by
the patient to the physician, is not for
the slip Of paper he takes to the drug
gist. but for the application TO his case
of the knowledge and skill he is sup
posed to have acquired, by consider
able outlay Of labor, time and money.
| l.Ey
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

TIE /. s. G. law don't affect the half
fare permits of the clergy. But the
Minnesota legislature ill-naturedIy
passed law forbidding the railroads
in that state granting any reduction to
clergymen. and now the G. Il n. w.
and the Milwaukee have called in the
clergymen's permits, stamped upon
them, Not good locally in Minnesota" T"
and then returned them to the owners.
But this does not prevent Dakota cler-
gymen using these permits to buy tick
cts to stations in or beyond Minnesota.
--Hur0nite.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28
The Ponca Mission.

The Poncas are living ut present in
two different localities. After they
were taken to the Indian Territory a
few years ago, part Of them remained
there, while the other part, under de-
cision OF Judge Dundy, were allowed to
return to their old home. which lies be-
tween the Missouri and Running Water
rivers just above confluence.
Their right here seems to be simply
that OF occupancy. conferred upon them
by their neighbors, the Sioax, and Sioux
and Ponca alike are permitted TO take
claims upon their old reservation with
this difference, that the Sioux may take
three hundred and twenty acres, and
the Ponca one hundred and sixty to
each head Of family. No patents have
yet been granted to any Of the Poncas.
though they are occupying claims and
have houses, either log or frame bnilt
by the government, and other improve
ments on them.
The poncas have an appropriation
and annuity Of their own, and have is
sued to them annually clothing, agri-
cultural implements, cows, horses,
dwelling houses and other articles to
the amount of ten thousand dollars.
They receive about suit OF clothes
each. with boots for the men and shoes
for the women and children. The
women receive flannel, gingham, linsey,
and quilts or blankets. Caps, stockings,
and such smaller articles are also issued.
They have received as part Of their
issue this year ten horses, forty cows,
eight wagons, cane mill and eyapora-
tor. and five houses 12x24 feet with two
rooms.
The most OF them are doing a little
farming, though few old men still
wear leggings and a blanket. and go
from house to house for their food In
dian tramps, though not So bad as their
white brethren. The drouth badly I'M
inred their crops last year, though they
raised. over twelve hundred bushels of
wheat, enough to have furnished them
their bread had they taken care OF It,.
But they sold gocd,deal OF It for forty
or fifty cents bushel. aud bought
tLeir flour at from two to three cents q
pound With their improvident habits
they do not raise enough to live upon,
and would starve but for emitting and
selling wood. They are very improvi-
dent aud wasteful, and the most ol
them literally take ne thought for
their life. While 1t 10 truc that they
do not take to civilization willingly,
and must be crowded into il, thero y Z
slow but sure Improvement a -
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

SERGEANT $. w. GLENN's second
enlistment in the signal service will
expire next September. lie has been
requested by Gen. Greely TO name the
three stations which lie would prefer
to have, in order Of his preference. II
is safe to say that Huron will 90 into
his reply as first choice. We believe
that every man and woman in Beadle
county would hold up both hands to
haye him remain in our city. And all
will deeply regret to lose him and his
family from our midst. Huuoaite.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

If the papers OF Dakota would effect
a great saving in type setting thev will
do well TO follow this suggestion. Make
a stereotype plate beginning Secretary
Lamar has again reversed Land Com
missioner Sparks in Dakota land
case, etc. these words are telegraph
ed from Washington on an average
about three times a week. !Si0ur Falls
pYrss
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

a. O. CHEENEY late of the Huron Al
caid, will not run the Salem News, as
lie only succeeded in buying
u portion of the stock. and the owners
Of the balance would not consent 10
having the News made Republican
paper. Mr.. Cheney would not run a
Democratic paper, so the bargain fell
4
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

A. DAVIS, president OF the South
Dakota Press Association, is CORE
spending with railroad officials for
rates to Duluth and from Chicago, with
view of holding the next meeting H
the Association on Lake Superior
steamer between Duluth and Chicago.
This would make fine trip, and it is to
be hoped arrangements will be made
90,
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

THE METHODIST HERALD IS a new
weekly paper published at Minneapolis
in the interest of church matters in
general, and the Methodist in paiticu-
lar. II, ii. Young is editor aud pub
lisLer. The subscription price is 81 so
a year, which. is exceedingly low for
The size and style OF the paper.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

THERE Is a general disposition to con-
slider the recent act of Gov. Church, ly
which the insurance on all of rakota's
public buildings was placed In lump
in Bismarck agency, asa high-handed
piece CT business. The Law gives the
regents, trustees, etc., the right to
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

TIE contract for building the Aber-
deem Bismarck and Northwestern rail-
road has been let, and the grading will
be done from Aberdeen to Bismarck be-
fore November first.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

GOV, CHURCH is catching it from all
sides, for taking the matter of insur-
ance on public buildings into his own
hands and placing them all with one
agent at Bismarck. Some of the COM
panies have cancelled their policies at
the instance of local agents.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

THE Sioux City Journal is soon to
become an eight-page paper, The Jour
nal is live western daily. and in its
enlarged form will be able to better
compete with st. Paul and Chicago
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

IIIE rumor that the three Huron
Democratic papers, the Herald, Dem
ocrat and Times, were 10 consolidate,
pityl Any change would be for the
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28
BRIEF LESSON PLANS.
Teacher's Institute.

"A SPELLING ExERclsE.-I send my
advanced spelling class to the board,
pronounce the words TO them, and after
all are written, let them mark the
words diacriticaliy, whilel hear the next
class. After tlis / spell the words,
give the correct diacritical marks, and
call upon different members of the
class to give the sounds indicated by
the marks. j. Al. T..
EXERCISES IN MEAsURING.--Let the
pupils draw a line an inch long on their
states, and afterward test it with q
ruler.
lies Of various lengths may be
drawn until foot line can be produced
without measuring.
Lines an inch, foot and o yard in
length may be drawn on the board. the
foot divided into inches, and the yard
into feet. With these as standards. let
the pupils, guess or estimate the
length of various objects which the
teacher holds up or points ont.
The square inch. the square foot and
square yard may be drawn in the same
way, and the pupils estimate the num-
ber Of square inches on the surface OF
their states, books, desks. etc.
Let them examine the size Of the
window panes, using the expressions
Sxl0, etc, the size of the window
frames, door-ways, walls and ceiling Of
the room. The elder pupils may esti-
mate the nufnber OF square rods in the
playground; the number of acres I'm
the adjoining field; the height of the
schoolhouse and the buildings near by.
III there is difference Of opinion, tests
can be applied whenever practicable.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

THE Chicago X Northwestern rail
way company propose TO follow the ex-
ample of the Milwaukee road, by uni
forming their employees. TaIlors are
going over the lines taking measures.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

THE contract is let for the exten-
s;on of the Northwestern north from
Rapid CITY.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

THE Dell Rapids papers have signed
a compact to charge local rates for all
notices of whatever character, except
church announcements.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
@. ELGnrHA MASTERS, Manager.

This Column Is conducted by the teachers OF
kingsbury county in heinterest OF education.
All are invited TO contribute either original or
selected articles. All communications shoifld
be addressed to the Manager.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

JAS. BISHOP, eX-superintendent of
schools of Beadle county, is secretary
of tho dakota State Bindery at III Non.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

The meeting of the Sioux Valley Bap-
tist Association at DE Smet has been
postponed till June IL.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

HURON seems confident of the Mani
toba road, They all want the Manitoba.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

IT is a settled fact that railroad will
be built from Omaha to Yankton.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

THE session of the supreme court at
Yankton has closed.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

Gov. CHURCH has purchased forty
acres of land in the suburbs Of Huron.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

The Pierre Free Press has completed
its fourth wear.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28

THOMAS NJ. PLAIsTED, clerk of court
of Marshall county, became insane last
week. There is no hope Of his recovery.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-28
HOW TO RAISE SALARIES.

HOW IL hdio& scnLdAfES.
Teachers Institute.
To raise salaries. increase qualilica-
tions. The reading circle will raise sal
aries one-tenth in the course Of few
years. Quincy, and its methods, have
lifted salaries quite as much as that. A
genuine knowledge Of drawing would
add as much. The fault Is I'm ourselves
that the people hold education so
cheap.
a young teacher tells us of her own
amusing preplexities. In a geographi-
cal recitation. trouble In pronunciation
was the constant cause of questions.
do the best You can, said the teacher.
"but do not keep running to me- A
persistent little girl asked almost inn
mediateIy how to pronounce the South
American city, GuayaquiI. Attack itl''
was the terse reply. Without an in
stant's hesitation The girl continued
her recitation: Attack it Is a city in
Ecuador There is q lesson here, Tor
the geographical uame, place aud sta
tistic grinder. -1rdchers Lastitufe.
Methods Of conducting moral lessons
in school cannot be stated like rules Of
syntax or mathematical demonstra-
tioAs. A warm heart. a genial nature,
an even temper. q beaming eye. . cheer
ful countenance. sincere voice, an
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Another Art Craze.

The latest art work among
ladies is known as the French
Craze" for decorating china, glass
ware, etc. 1t is something entire
ly new, and is both profitable and
fascinating. 1t is very popular in
New York, Boston and other
Eastern cities. To ladies desiring
to learn the Art, we will send an
elegant china PLAGUE (size Ii
inches,) handsomely deco rated
for a model, together with box of
material, 100 colored designs as
sorted in flowers, animals, soldiers,
landscapes, etc, complete, with
full instructions, upon receipt of
only S100 The PLAGUE alone is
worth more than the amount
charged. To every lady ordering
this outfit who encloses the adj
dress of five other ladies interested
in Art matters, to whom we can
sail our new catalogue of Art
goods, we will enclose extra and
without charge, a beautiful3 80 inch,
old-tinted PLAGUE
Address, The EMPIRE News Co.
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Fertility of Soil.

Writing on this subject to the
Massachusetts, Ploughman, q
correspondent says::"It is to be
remembered that the soil is made
of dissolved rock. And this rock
is found to contain all the mineral
elements required by vegetation,
the difference in the natural fertil-
ity of soils being the difference of
the rock of which the soil is
formed. This being so, it is
evident that the earth will continue
to furnish the mineral constituents
of vegetation while soil or rock
remains.
"The other ingredients of yege-
tation, oxygen, hydrogen and nj
trogen, are furnished, the two first
from air and water, the other,
nitrogen, in way that seems at
present to be not fully understood.
1t is generally agreed that plants
do not receive their nitrogen di-
rectly from the air therefore indi-
rectly from air as primary source,
in what way we may not fully
understand.
"Air is composed of oxygen and
nitrogen, the nitrogen in greatest
proportion. 1t is known that
oxygen is readily communicated to
substances, and is largely drawn
upon in combustion. As the COM
position of the air is never known
to vary, and as large quantities of
nitrogen are continually being
discharged into the air, it is evident
that nitrogen must also be com.
municated, surplus quantities be-
ing constantly thrown of to unite
with other substances. With what
substances nitrogen is thus com.
bined may be inferred from obser.
Walton. The formation Of nitrate Of
potash and nitrate of soda are ia.
miliar examples. It is also known
that saltpetre is formed artificially
by mixing ingredients to attract
the nitrogen from the atmosphere
These facts 60 to show that the
supply Of nitrogen required by
cultivation is assured, requiring
only the hand of man to supply
the deficiency that the growing Of
crops has created. And though
a deficiency of nearly all the ele.
ments of nutrition will be occur.
ring, tits encouraging to know thai
by intelligence and industry il
may always be supplied, and the
earth rendered perennial in the
production of food for man."
The provisions of Nature il
every direction are evidently such
that with reasonable care and ses
sonable labor, mankind can en- i
her fruits to the full.
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to spend much time among the tree
tops, and in spring We are too
busy with other duties to do tree
pruning. All points considered,
I am inclined to favor the fall as
the best time, at least the most
convenient for the operation. In
hard, frosty weather our tools are
too brittle and we cannot make
clean cuts; and many trees, yellow
wood and maple, for instance,
bleed severely when pruned in
spring, even as early as February.
But l never knew tree to ''bleed
to death"
Don't prune evergreens in
winter. And don't prune some
what tender trees or shrubs of any
kind sooner than just Immediately
before spring sets in. This en-
ables you to see the extent, if any,
of the injury caused by the sever
ity of the winter, when you can
cut in to living wood.
But we often find among trees
around houses and in gardens that
the pruning most needed is not
the thinning of the branches but
the timing of the trees themselves.
If your trees are too thick, cut out
the least desirable ones, and give
the good ones a better chance for
life.-Rural New Yorker.
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The Mischievous Cut-Worms.

Some of them ascend trees, shrubs
and other plants in their destructive
work, while most of them confne
their operations to the surface,
and work their mischief by cutting
off Young and tender plants even
with the ground. Their work is
done at night, and as daylight
approaches, they hide themselves
in holes in the ground. Cabbage,
when first set out, and lettuce and
other plants of the farm, are
attacked by them. Growing
muskmelons and watermelons for
Northern markets, is now an im-
portant industry in the Southern
States. especially within easy reach
of the shipping ports, some hun
dreds of acres being occupied by
watermelons alone. The grower
of melons, as well as of cabbages,
ETC., finds that his greatest obstacle
to success is in the attacks of
Cut.worms. Various devices have
been proposed to ward off the
attacks, but among these, none
appears to be SO sensible, or SO
effective, as that devised by Doc
tor A. Oemler, author of ''Truck
Farming for the South. ID octor
,Oelmer kills off the Cutw orms
before the plant appears.
Upon his watermelon field he
sets poison traps at about fifteen
feet apart each way. These straps
are cabbage or turnip leaves, which |
have been moistened on the con-
cave side, and then busted with a |
mixture of paris-green with twenty
parts of -four. These leaves are |
placed over the fields, poisoned
side down, at the distances above
stated, before the plants appear
American Agriculturist.
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Bargain in Music.

This Favorite Album of Songs
and ballads, containing thirty-two
pieces of caoice and popular music,
and piano accompaniment is finely
printed upon heavy paper with a
very attractive cover. The follow
ing are the titles of the songs and
ballads contained in the Favorite
Album:-As I'd Nothing Else to
Do; The Dear Old Songs of Home;
Mother, Watch the Little feet;
Oh, You Pretty Blue-eyed Witch;
Blue Eyes; Katy's Letter; The
Passing Bell; [ Saw Esau Kissing
Kate; Won't You Tell Me Why,
Robin; The Old Garden Gate;
Down Below the Waving Lindens;
Faded Leaves; All Among the
Summer Hoses; Touch the Harp
Gently, My Pretty Louise; Ireally
don't think [ shall Marry; Dream
ing of Home; The Old Cottage
Clock; Across the Sea; A Year
Ago, Bachelors Hall; Ruth and
/; Good Night; One Happy Year
Ago; Jennie in the Orchard; The
Old Barn Gate; Jacks Farewell;
Polly; Whisper in the Twilight.
This is very fine collection of
real vocal gems, and gotten up in
very handsome style. Published
in the usual way and bought at a
music store, these 80 pieces would
cost you S11.20. We bought a
job lot of this music at great
sacrifice, and as the holidays ore
past, we desire to close out our
Istock at once. Will send you the
entire collection we'll wrapped and
postpaid for only 40cts. Send
Immediately. Address,
The EMPIRE NEWS Co., Syracuse,
NJ
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